The Feel of Our Works and Days

You learn a few skills but let’s face it,
Most of what you learn in life are names,
And what does it mean to learn a name?

You stare at the stars in a dark dawn,
And you think you see some shapes in them,
But you rack your brain to find the names.

What names? Those shapes are tricks of the eye.
The names they’re called change from tongue to tongue.
Call them what you want. The stars won’t mind.

Oh, but you want to know the right names.
These names could lisp a small truth to you.
We’re just the wisps that bind you to you.